Teenage apparel worker raped in capital

A 13-year old apparel worker was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital Saturday night as she became sick after she was allegedly raped by a youth at Shah Ali of Mirpur in Dhaka.The victim’s mother told New Age that a youth, Ashik, a worker of the same apparel factory at a market at Shah Ali, raped her daughter in the factory on May 3 while she was on duty at night.She said that she took her daughter to the hospital as she fell seriously sick.Shah Ali police station sub-inspector Morshed Alam told New Age that receiving direction from his higher official, he went to Dhaka Medical College Hospital but found no such patient from Shah Ali area.No case was so far filed in this connection with his police station, he said.